Mileff v. Winkleman Bros. Apparel, Inc.

Plaintiff sued for abuse of process, and appeals an award of damages claimed to be inadequate.

Defendant Caplan, an attorney, brought an action against plaintiff and her then husband on an account owed to defendant Winkleman. Judgment was taken against the husband only, but on October 25, 1960, Caplan caused a writ of garnishment to be issued against plaintiffs employer founded on an affidavit that judgment had been obtained against her. The process was repeated on February 14, 1961.

Plaintiff claimed that as a result of the first garnishment, she was suspended from her job and compelled to…